Sad-iron stand.



S. A. FLETCHER.

SAD IRON STAND.

APPLICATION man JUNE 25, 1914.

1,140,146. Patented May 18, 1915.

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SARAH FLETCHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. i

SAD-IRON STAND.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SARAH A. FLETCHER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of CookandState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Sad-Iron Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for supportingsad-irons over a gas burner or other heater, and its object is toprovide a stand which is constructed to support irons of differentsizes,and which concentrates the heat against the bottom thereof so that theiron may be quickly heated. In order that the invention may be betterunderstood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a plan view of the stand, and

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the

' stand is a dome-shaped member 8 open at the bottom and having a topopening 9 in which the sad-iron to be heated is adapted to seat. Thestand maybe, and preferably is, a casting. The top opening conforms tothe outline of the base of an ordinary sad-iron.

The stand is designed to be placed over a gas burner or. other heatingmedium, and when thus placed, with the'iron supported in the opening 9,the heat from the burner is concentrated against'and spread over thebottom of the iron, and it is quickly heated.

Inremoving the iron, thereis no danger of burning the handover the gasflame, as the stand covers the latter and the iron seats in and entirelycloses the opening 9. y

Specification of Letters Patent.

in presence of two witnesses.

Patented May 18, 1915. I Application filed June 25, 1914. Serial No.847,219.

The opening 9 has a step or shoulder 10, I

iron seating over the opening 9, whereupon the heated iron may beremoved andythe 1 cold iron resting on the shelf pushed over to theopening to be heated. The shelf therefore enables a cold iron to beeasily and quickly'exchanged for a hotone. The

shoulder 10 serves as an abutment to keep the iron from sliding over toofar when it is pushed in place over the opening. I claim:

A sad-iron stand comprising a dome:

shaped member open at its bottom and closed r at its side, and having atop opening, and

a shelf projecting from one side of the top, opening, the other sideofsaid opening being shoulderedlsaid' shoulder rising above the planeofthe top of the shelf andthe bottom of the shoulder being level with saidshelf top.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature SARAH A. FLETCHER.

I Witnesses S J. LEI-IRER,

H. G. BATCHELOR.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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